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flash card

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noun

  1. a card on which are written or printed words for children to look at briefly, used as an aid to learning

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Children who are drilled in flash cards and letter decoding may also miss out on the more essential moments of play, exploration and language.

From Los Angeles Times

Given privacy concerns, the agency is proposing using flash cards for in-person interviews and using numbered response categories for people who don’t want others in their household to know their responses.

From Seattle Times

Last year, they were the strait-laced girl who had detailed notes, flash cards and pens for the borrowing; this year, the burnout who shows up at the end and aces the final?

From Seattle Times

Some teams use large flash cards to communicate plays.

From Seattle Times

I swerve around the long wooden tables, where groups of college students are reading textbooks, writing flash cards, typing on their laptops.

From Literature